I have to set my DVDR to record this year's contest as I will be in the States next weekend.
I hope they change the voting method as each country has the same "weight" in spite of the fact that their population is wildly different. So Andorra has as many votes as the UK! (And Andorra favors the Spanish contestant, especially if they are Catalan.)
And the politics of "bloc" or regional voting is a problem. How many countries are now represented by the old Yugoslavia? And even though they are often enemies, they vote for each other in Eurovision. It is all so predictable…
A comment about that annoying CIA World Factbook. It shows a bit of bias towards Spain like: "Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of Oregon". Yeah, compare it to a relatively unimportant state. Actually, Spain's geographical area is closest in size to California, which is a also a Spanish place-name.
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Date: 2009-05-08 05:36 am (UTC)I hope they change the voting method as each country has the same "weight" in spite of the fact that their population is wildly different. So Andorra has as many votes as the UK! (And Andorra favors the Spanish contestant, especially if they are Catalan.)
And the politics of "bloc" or regional voting is a problem. How many countries are now represented by the old Yugoslavia? And even though they are often enemies, they vote for each other in Eurovision. It is all so predictable…
A comment about that annoying CIA World Factbook. It shows a bit of bias towards Spain like: "Area - comparative: slightly more than twice the size of Oregon". Yeah, compare it to a relatively unimportant state. Actually, Spain's geographical area is closest in size to California, which is a also a Spanish place-name.
Chuck, I like rant at times